Glossary of main cybercrime
and cybersecurity related terms
Access control Mechanism that serves to protect a resource (a service, system, data or pro-
gram) from inappropriate or unauthorized use.
Accident Unforeseeable incident causing prejudice to an entity.
Active attack Attack which alters the targeted resources (affecting integrity, availability, con-
dentiality).
Adware Adware, meaning advertising supported software, is a piece of software bundled
with a program. It is designed to automatically download or display advertising banners as
soon as the computer user installs the program. An adware is different from a spyware in the
sense that an adware does not aim to collect private information in order to perform theft. But
a controversy ...